College of Arts and Sciences

Awards and Recognition

The Health and Society Program recognizes outstanding achievement and performance with annual awards presented to deserving students. These awards can be important for students as they construct their resumes and advance to their next stage - be it graduate school or the working world.

Program Honors

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Program honors are awarded to our top students; the criteria include maintenance of a cumulative GPA of at least 3.55 and a health-and-society-specific GPA of 3.75. Students graduating with honors wear our distinctive dark green, royal blue, and gold cords along with the usual UVM colors during the commencement ceremony.

Winners of Program Honors

2026: Finnegan Cloward, Beatrice Cunard, Abigail Davis, Madeline Gillespie, Ella Harbold, Haley Hemeon, Elisabeth Hunt, Devyn Jennings, Camille Kelly, Connor Lidofsky, Kasey Louden, Padma Mendelsund, Juliana Miskovich, Edib Omanovic, Morgan Rabinowitz, Olivia Seiler, Olivia Teare, Erin Troiano, Evan Tuttle, and Clara Zacchini  

2025: Katherine Butcher, Anna Cinnamon, Emerson Coffman, Kelle Dingwell, Fiona Foley, Malia Glassman, Brooke Green, Emily Hopper, Hattie Kahl, Anna Knauss, Jacqueline Kruse, Emma Lamson, Alexis Torykian, Kellie Tyler, and Katarazyna Zadworny 

2024: Keelan E. Boisvert, Lia T. Darling, Abigayle H. Domingue, Rebecca Harder, Makayla E. Hone, Elena E. Marcelli, Paola E. Mena Henry, Rose M. Petitti, Isabelle F. Sanchez, Hillary L. Serota, Sarah H. Solomon, Lillian M. Twohig

2023: Devin Binnie, Isabelle Boutin, Cailin Campbell, Merete Cowles, Autumn Headwell, Lauren Hilgert, Angelika Hillios, Chloe Jackson, Lauren Leroux, Annabelle Lessard, Nora Looney, Kassidy Marowitz, Phoebe Norman, Julia Sarrasin, Chloe Shoff, Anya Splittgerber, Libby Tutttle, and Sophia Winschel

2022: Quinn Beaulac, Miriam Berkson, Sarah Geissler, Kamryn Jones, Bridgit Lavelle, Ellery Mahlum, Stella Shiffman, and Rachel Wiener

2021: Julia Carlson, Stella Cunningham, Quinn E. DiFalco, Isabelle Ross, Marissa Minadeo, and Emily Wilkinson

2020: Lindsay Aldrich, Madison Shaffer, Hannah Taylor, and Zoe Van Vlaanderen

Outstanding Senior Award

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The Outstanding Senior Award is granted to graduating seniors in health and society who demonstrate extraordinary academic achievements in the major as evidenced by their GPA, challenging coursework in the major, and significant participation and leadership in activities related to the intersection between society and health. This award is chosen from students who earned departmental honors.

Winners of the Outstanding Seniors Award

2026: Finnegan Cloward, Haley Hemeon, Camille Kelly, Padma Mendelsund, Olivia Seiler, and Evan Tuttle

2025: Emerson Coffman, Hattie Kahl, and Emma Lamson 

2024: Keelan E. Boisvert, Abigayle H. Domingue, Makayla E. Hone, Elena E. Marcelli, Lillian M. Twohig

2023: Cailin Campbell, Merete Cowles, Lauren Leroux, Nora Looney, and Libby Tuttle

2022: Quinn Beaulac, Kamryn Jones, Ellery Mahlum, and Rachel Wiener

2021: Marissa Minadeo and Quinn E. DiFalco

2020: Lindsay Aldrich, Madison Shaffer, and Zoe Van Vlaanderen